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MONTHLY RECAP | Welcome to the New Year! (January 2016)

January 31, 2016 Comments : 7

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Welcome to the New Year!

Can you believe we’re already a month into 2016? Didn’t 2015 just end?

January was one of those weird months I was hoping for awesome new things to occur, but the middle of the month was plagued with lots of tragedies that got me down. It made me want to hide away from the world, but it soon got better.

WHAT’S UP?

So far in January—

  • Sign-up for the 2016 Love-A-Thon is opened! You will definitely want to participate in this awesome love fest. It’s one of my favorite events ever! Who’d say no to spreading love and joy to others? Sign up now!
  • I spent my New Years with my BFF for the first time in forever. It’s been ages since we’ve spent New Years together, and I felt so blessed and excited she was around. On New Years Eve, we drank and karaoked the night away. Before she left, we had delicious brunch and all the awesome. I miss her so much!

(Food we ate while she was visiting for the Holidays. Clockwise: 1. Avocado + mushroom omelette with hash browns and two pieces of toast; 2. Chicken Madeira with asparagus, mushrooms, and a side of delicious mash potatoes; 3. Brioche Pain Perdu: three slices of cinnamon brioche soaked in orange-water batter + sprinkled with lavender honey; 4. lemon gingerbread pancakes and poached pears. Not pictured that was eaten: carne asada tacos + horchata, and others I can’t remember.)

  • The week of January 10-16 was the worst weeks ever. It was plagued with deaths of beloved entertainers—David Bowie and Alan Rickman—and car accidents. Utterly depressing. Both 69, and passed away from cancer. It sucks. Just thinking about it right now has totally sadden me. They were really inspiring people, and the world isn’t the same without those two in the world. Car accidents occurred near my house, coincidentally on the day Alan Rickman passed away. A van was on fire after a car ran into it, which was totally fucking crazy, and in the wee hours of the 15th, a drunk driver drove into a gate on the corner of my street. It was one of those ridiculously bad days. It feels surreal it happened in one day.
  • I finally saw Star Wars, and it was frickin’ amazing! I waited a month after it came out because I’m not a fan of watching with a crowd of people. I came into the movie knowing a couple of things the internet spoiled for me, but I tried to ignore those spoilers. I loved it! So many funny moments that involved Finn (John Boyega was such a joy to watch). The Millennium Falcon! Poe Dameron! (Oscar Isaac is such a babe!) I love Poe and BB-8’s friendship. (So cute when BB-8 ran immediately to Poe when she saw him.) Rey being a total badass. The Stormtroopers. (And noneee for Kylo Ren because I don’t really care about his story line.)

(The right picture is of the ceiling of the theater. How perfect for Star Wars!)

The next day, I immediately went to Target to grab myself a Star Wars t-shirt, and guys, it is such a beautiful shirt of the Millennium Falcon! :D

  • I got my ticket to see Brand New in July! I’M SO EXCITED. Teenage-Cee is screamingat the top of her lungs and jumping somewhere. Brand New is one my absolutely favoriteeeeee bands since I was a teenager, and I get to see them! (Nine years ago, my sister and I went to go see them at a not-so secret April 1st event, but we failed to get inside the venue because it was over capacity. I was so sad and disappointed.) IT’S HAPPENING.
SITTING ON MY BOOKSHELF

BOUGHT + GIFTED

  • Hark! A Vagrant & Step Aside, Pops! by Kate Beaton
  • Some Kind of Happiness by Claire Legrand (gifted by the lovely Alexa <3)

FOR REVIEW

  • You Were Here by Cori McCarthy
  • The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner
  • The Land of 10,000 Madonnas by Kate Hattemer
  • The Nameless City by Faith Erin Hicks
  • A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro
  • This Is Where The World Ends by Amy Zhang
  • Lifeboat Clique by Kathy Parks
  • The Leaving Season by Cat Jordan

Thank you for the books, Sourcebooks Fire, Random House Kids, First Second, & HarperCollins!

BLOG POSTS GALORE
REVIEWS
  • Fighting For Her Country (Front Lines by Michael Grant)
  • Not A Sex Positive YA Like I Expected (Firsts by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn)
  • Alive, But Dead and Not A Zombie (Shallow Graves by Kali Wallace)
DISCUSSIONS
  • Ring, Ring, Hello 2016!
  • 2016 BLOGGING GOALS | Can I Do It?
  • TOO MUCH TBR · January 2016
  • MUSIC TO MY Y(EAR) | 2015
  • Top Ten · 2015 Releases I Meant To Get To But Didn’t & Books I’ve Recently Added To My TBR
  • 2016 LOVE-A-THON · SIGN UP TIME!
  • January 2016 Graphic Novel Releases I’m Excited About!
  • Cover theme: YA Anthologies
  • A letter from yours truly to Lindsay Ribar + Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies
TYPOGRAPHY
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NOTE TO SELF FOR NEXT MONTH

Read, read, read. Write, write, write. Comics, comics, comics. 

As usual. The next two months are gonna a busy month full of books. Let’s hope I get to all of it?

How was your January? Was it a great month for you? Anything you’re looking forward to in the New Year like books or events?

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Comments

  1. Tanya Patrice says

    January 31, 2016 at 8:34 am

    I can hardly believe January is over too. Looks like it was good for you – which is great!

    Reply
  2. Freda @ Freda's Voice says

    January 31, 2016 at 12:27 pm

    Star Wars was pretty amazing, I totally agree! Happy February!

    Reply
  3. Katherine says

    January 31, 2016 at 2:42 pm

    Star Wars is so incredible! It was my favorite movie I’ve seen in a while and I really hope to see it again sometime. Also, you got some great books this month. Happy reading :)

    Reply
  4. Rayna says

    January 31, 2016 at 7:07 pm

    Star Wars was awesome! I loved it so much. As far as January went, it was good for me. Productive in my bookish life as well as my personal, which is always nice. I’m looking forward to Love-a-thon! I just got my email so I’m excited to join in for the first time. c:

    Reply
  5. Kay @ It's a Book Life says

    January 31, 2016 at 7:55 pm

    I still can’t believe that Alan Rickman and David Bowie have passed. :(

    I will be signing up for the love-a-thon! I am also glad you finally got a chance to see Star Wars! Don’t hate me, but i am not sure I know who Brand New is… Maybe if I heard their music. I am horrible with names.

    Reply
  6. Geraldine @ Corralling Books says

    February 1, 2016 at 4:39 am

    I’m happy sign ups for the Love A Thon have opened – it sounds like a really love-ly (see what I did there????) event! All that food looks so gorgeous – I’m kinda sad I can’t eat it through the computer screen :(
    Hope February is an even better month for you, Cee!

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  7. Alexa S. says

    February 1, 2016 at 7:22 pm

    January was busy! It was filled with lots of fun stuff, but ended on a pretty melancholy note (AKA winter blues for me). But I’m hopeful that February is going to be amazing! (And I’m sure it is going to be, particularly because I’m biased and I’m excited about the Love-a-Thon!) Also, I’m totally drooling over your food photos AND I’m so glad I could snag that ARC for you!

    Reply

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